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Every year 7th April marks the celebration of World Health Day. Its idea was conceived at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and it came into...
07 Apr 2020 Health
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Why in News According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India has now stepped out of the local transmission phase and moved into the...
07 Apr 2020 Health
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MP’s Salaries Cut and MPLADS Suspended
Why in News Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to amend the Salaries, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act,...
07 Apr 2020 Health
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Online Classes due to Covid-19
Why in News The lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic has led to closing of educational institutes like schools, colleges and coaching...
06 Apr 2020 Health
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Free Testing and Treatment for Covid-19
Why in News Recently, the Central government has decided to provide free testing and treatment of coronavirus under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme or...
06 Apr 2020 Health
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Complete Export Ban on Hydroxychloroquine
Why in News India has banned all exports of hydroxychloroquine - an anti- malaria drug that is being used in the treatment of Covid-19. This...
06 Apr 2020 Health
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Why in News The government’s dedicated WhatsApp chatbot MyGov Corona Helpdesk, which aims to provide timely updates and help citizens clear...
06 Apr 2020 Health
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Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has launched three new features of the National Agriculture Market...
04 Apr 2020 Health
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Privacy Concern Over Aarogya Setu App
Why in News Recently, legal experts raised concerns over the privacy policy of Aarogya Setu app, launched by the government, to allow people to...
04 Apr 2020 Health
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Impact of Covid-19 on Global Economy
Why in News Recently, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has observed that the economic uncertainty sparked by the...
03 Apr 2020 Health
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Suggestions for Covid-19 and Lockdown Exit
Why in News Recently, the Prime Minister of India has held a video conference with the Chief Ministers of the States on tackling the Covid-19...
03 Apr 2020 Health
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Effect of BCG Vaccine on Covid-19
Why in News Recently, Doctors and scientists in India have expressed caution on a study, which argues that countries that have deployed the...
03 Apr 2020 Health
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Covid-19 Quarantine Alert System (CQAS)
Why in News The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has shared a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) with all telecom service providers regarding...
03 Apr 2020 Health
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Threat of Food Shortage: UN, FAO and WTO
Why in News Recently, global agencies like the United Nations (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) have...
02 Apr 2020 Health
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Foreign Contribution to PM-CARES Fund
Why in News Recently, the Central Government has decided to accept contributions from abroad, irrespective of the nationalities, to the Prime...
02 Apr 2020 Health
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Coronavirus Infection Rate: The Lancet
Why in News A study in the Lancet Infectious Diseases has estimated the mean duration from onset of symptoms (coronavirus) to death to be about 18...
02 Apr 2020 Health
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National Medical Commission Act
This article is based on the “National Medical Commission Act”, “National Medical Commission Act, 2019”. It talks about...
01 Apr 2020 Health
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Introduction The word 'Zoonosis' (Pleural: Zoonoses) was introduced by Rudolf Virchow in 1880 to include collectively the diseases shared in...
01 Apr 2020 Health
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Why in News Global leaders have reached this consensus that the pandemic Covid-19 and the crisis it has generated is a turning point in modern...
01 Apr 2020 Health
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Covid-19 and the Orphan Drug Act
Why in News Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic. However, the United States Food and Drug...
01 Apr 2020 Health